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J.C. Snow

@jcsnow.bsky.social

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Queer, fantasy, religion, history, various combinations. Author of The Phoenix and the Sword and The Shoreless River The Seaglass Blade: currently in prelaunch on Kickstarter! Querying sapphic epic fantasy with the usual angst https://linktr.ee/jcsnow

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 11h

If you are looking for the shyest and most earnest sword lesbian ever, I give you Aili Fallon :)

And if you want to see her in action, the first chapters of The Seaglass Blade are now available on my website!

jcsnow.com/writing/the-...

thanks to @rebiesque.bsky.social for the art! 🏳️‍🌈📚

Character art of Aili Fallon (The Seaglass Blade): a white woman with short blonde hair, wearing blue and black cultivation robes, holding a sword angled across her shoulders in a martial arts pose.

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you Shannon! ❤️

Reposted by J.C. Snow

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 10h

Insiders is in Kobo's Thanksgiving Sale (CA, US) for $3.99 from Oct. 9-14. 💙📚

Grab your copy!
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Kobo's Thanksgiving Sale (CA, US). Karasi Kwei, the
captain of Jacks,
has no desire for
a stowaway.
But found family
arrives in many
styles--even
stuck to your hull.
Book cover of Insiders by Shannon Knight. Illustration by Isabeau Backhaus of a young woman floating in space wearing a plant suit and surrounded by a ring of plants.
https://shannonknight.net

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 11h

If you are looking for the shyest and most earnest sword lesbian ever, I give you Aili Fallon :)

And if you want to see her in action, the first chapters of The Seaglass Blade are now available on my website!

jcsnow.com/writing/the-...

thanks to @rebiesque.bsky.social for the art! 🏳️‍🌈📚

Character art of Aili Fallon (The Seaglass Blade): a white woman with short blonde hair, wearing blue and black cultivation robes, holding a sword angled across her shoulders in a martial arts pose.

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 13h

Agree! Oxford sounds wonderful in these books

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 13h

Lovely ❤️

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

They are the least cutest rabbits

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Love this one!

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Vineya's a mathematical genius, designing the spellmap that binds the magical defensive border of her nation into a human body. And somehow, she must help the condemned woman she can’t risk loving carve the spell into her own skin - even as the map spawns monsters.

#DVpit #f #a #LGBT

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

This one!!!❣️

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

I love women in STEM in fantasy! (my second MC is a math nerd)

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Oh it absolutely itches

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Yay fae queen! Love the comps too

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

I have done my best 🙂‍↕️

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! Ty 🥰

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Kumarten will gamble her life to become a Surveyor – controlling the magical boundary of the nation through a spellmap carved in her own skin. If she succeeds, she’ll be safe from the punishment for loving other women. If she fails, the magic will tear her apart.

#lgbt #dvpit #F #A

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

As expected, Lyr is my type.

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

love this!

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Tara is clearly the best :)

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this sounds great :)

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!!! Thank you :)

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 1d

ORPHEUS but make it sapphic fantasy with a touch of horror

An imprisoned musician must become part of the Line - the magical defense of her city - by carving a spellmap into her own skin.

#DVpit #F #A #LGBT